Legislative exploration of domestic violence in the People's Republic of China

A sociosemiotic perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3201698
AutoresLe Cheng (0000-0002-4423-8585, Zhejiang University), Xin Wang (0000-0003-2833-6940, Zhejiang University, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume2018
Fascículo224
Páginas249-268
Data de publicação2018-09-25
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSemiotica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-1998 • E-ISSN: 1613-3692
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/sem-2016-0174
OpenAlexW2883893013
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas31

Battles against domestic violence in the People's Republic of China (hereafter P. R. C.) have been carried out since 1995. In this study, legislative progression of laws related to domestic violence is first examined and clarified; second, findings from the legislative review are investigated on the basis of civil and criminal cases; third, the interaction among social and traditional norms, legislation, and judicial outcomes is explored and interpreted from a sociosemiotic perspective. It is found in this study that: 1) legislation and judicial practices of domestic violence in the P. R. C. are closely intertwined with social and traditional norms; 2) there is a gap between judicial practices dealing with domestic violence and the legislation; 3) the Anti-Domestic Violence Law offers a notch for state powers to embrace the familial relationship and to safeguard a victim

China · Criminology · Domestic violence · Legislation · Legislature · People's Republic · Perspective (graphical) · Poison control · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence